35 YR OLD EX FOOTBALL PLAYER MALE PATIENT. HE HAS A HISTORY OF 5 RIGHT ... read more ↘ KNEE ARTHROSCOPIES DUE TU MENISCAL TEARS AN ACL TEAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 15 YEARS AGO. THE LAST ARTHROSCOPY WAS MADRE BY ME IN 2013 DUE TO A CHRONIC BUCKET HANDLE LATERAL MENISCUS TEAR. THE TEAR WAS IRREPARABLE SO COMPLETE MENISECTOMY WAS PERFORMED. DURING THIS SURGERY A GRADE IV CARTILAGE STAGE LESION WAS DIAGNOSED AT THE LATERAL TIBIAL PLATEAU, LATERAL FEMORAL CONDYLE, PATELLA AND TROCHLEA. I ADVISED THE PATIENT TO AVOID HIGH IMPACT SPORTS BUT DIDN`T HE WAS ALWAYS COMPLAING OF KNEE PAIN. A MENISCAL TRANSPLANT WAS OFFERD BUT HE DENIED. HE WENT FOR HIS 6TH ARTHROSCOPY AND A HEMICAP WAS PLACED ON HIS PATELLO FEMORAL JOINT SPACE. MICROFRACTURES WERE PERFORMED IN THE LATERAL COMPARTMENT AS A SALVATAGE PROCEDURE. HE`S NOW 2 MONTHS POST OP, PAIN FREE, WITH 40 POUNDS LOST AND SWIMMING. ↖ read less
